Make telephone number optional

[Floob]

Hi,

 

Is there a recommended approach to stop the telephone number being required (on the account sign up page)?

Is it still to edit the code in the file (create_account.php) directly?

 

Thanks

[ArtcoInc]

@@Floob

 

Which version of osCommerce are you using?

 

Malcolm

[Floob]

Its 2.3.4

[Havock]

In create_account.php just comment the lines :

if (strlen($telephone) < ENTRY_TELEPHONE_MIN_LENGTH) {
      $error = true;

      $messageStack->add('create_account', ENTRY_TELEPHONE_NUMBER_ERROR);
    }

[Dan Cole]

@@Floob

 

Not sure if this will work or not (there are posts that suggest that it will) but try setting the minimum required field size in admin to "0" and let us know what happens.

 

Dan

[Floob]

Thanks for both of your suggestions, but neither seems to prevent the validation.

See this image:

 

http://s30.postimg.org/gzkvr9n3l/telno.png

 

I commented the lines like this:

/*
    if (strlen($telephone) < ENTRY_TELEPHONE_MIN_LENGTH) {
      $error = true;


      $messageStack->add('create_account', ENTRY_TELEPHONE_NUMBER_ERROR);
    }
*/

[Dan Cole]

@@Floob

 

Allen...I messed with it a bit and this seems to work...

 

replace your existing echo tep_draw_input_field to this...

 echo tep_draw_input_field('telephone', '', 'id="inputTelephone" placeholder="' . ENTRY_OPTIONAL . '"');

Dan

[ArtcoInc]

@@Floob

 

If you make it so that the telephone number is optional in the public side of the store, don't forget to also make it optional in the admin side.

 

Malcolm

[Floob]

@@Dan Cole

Thanks - that works (although I changed ENTRY_OPTIONAL to  ENTRY_TELEPHONE_NUMBER)

Still has the red required marker there though - not sure how to remove that.

 

@Artcolnc

What would happen if I dont do that? Would I not be able to update customer info?

[ArtcoInc]

@Artcolnc

What would happen if I dont do that? Would I not be able to update customer info?

 

When/if you ever update a customer's info through the admin side, if the telephone number is still required in the admin side, you will have to enter a phone number. Make sense?

 

Malcolm

[Dan Cole]

@@Floob

 

Allen you'll find this line just below the line you just changed...

 

echo FORM_REQUIRED_INPUT;

 

Comment it out...

 

// echo FORM_REQUIRED_INPUT;

 

Dan

[Floob]

@@Dan Cole

Thats great - works well! Thanks.

 

Just got to sort the admin side out now. I'll see if its obvious.